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The revelation that in 2013, when he was Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison asked ASIO to slow down security checks on asylum seekers applying for refugee status so they would miss a deadline allowing permanent residency in Australia, is unethical and immoral. But did his actions amount to a criminal offence or is there some civil action that could be brought against Morrison?

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From Scott Morrison’s maiden speech:
“From my faith I derive the values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfil their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way, including diminishing their personal responsibility for their own wellbeing; and to do what is right, to respect the rule of law, the sanctity of human life and the moral integrity of marriage and the family. We must recognise an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil.”
Hypocrite scum.

The APS code of conduct requires APS officers to “at all times behave in a way that upholds the APS Values and Employment Principles, and the integrity and good reputation of the employee’s Agency and the APS”. We don’t know whether ASIO complied with the Mnister’s request (I look forward to Question Time when Parliament resumes) but if it did then its officers should be pursued. “I was only following instructions” doesn’t cut it.

Given we have Malfeasance as PM, misfeasance is hardly surprising.
The government is supposed to be the “ideal litigant” in all its dealings, not hiding documents, evidence or misattributing motives, with malice aforethought but the various whistle blower trials show that to be total bullshit.
Hell hath no fury like a pollie, esp in government, exposed.

Is anyone shocked? Do we condone politicians using our “protectors” to abuse us? We do not know and cannot find out if some of us have been cruelly deprived of lawful entitlement. The end does not justify the means.

ScoMo was just one a-hole in line up of immigration minister a-holes from Ruddock on. I guess we all have wish lists, but this one ain’t gonna happen. If push comes to shove, the libs supported by 70% of news media (News Ltd) will just call it fake news, and that’ll be the end of it.

Will this be picked up by the AFP? Or just filed and forgotten as with Michaelia Cash. This mob is totally devoid of morals. The whole system appears to be rotten to the core, so we need a revolution, but one of the few options for a peaceful revolution is withdrawal of labour. But that’s not allowed any more.